Porchlight in Concert FOLLIES
The Studebaker Theater
410 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, Il 60605
The Studebaker Theater
410 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, Il 60605
Musical
Runs Apr 25Apr 26, 2026

Porchlight in Concert debuted in 2024 with sold out performances of Sunday in the Park with George and this season returns to the Studebaker for a limited engagement of another Stephen Sondheim classic, Follies. Winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Score, Follies shares the reunion of the legendary “Weismann Follies” company on the eve of a crumbling theater’s demolition, to reminisce about their past with a rich score that is considered to be one of Sondheim’s finest. Follies includes the standards “Broadway Baby,” “I’m Still Here,” “Losing My Mind” and more.

Follies, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Goldman, is directed by Artistic Director Michael Weber
music directed by Linda Madonia. The cast includes Michelle Duffy (Broadway’s Leap of Faith, Drury Lane’s Sister Act) as “Phyllis Rogers Stone,” Alexander Gemignani (Broadway’s Assassins and Sweeney Todd) as “Buddy Plummer,” Angela Ingersoll (Jeff Award winner for Porchlight’s End of the Rainbow) as “Sally Plummer” and Anthony Rapp (Broadway’s Rent and If/Then) as as “Benjamin Stone” and, in alphabetical order, Anastasia Arnold (Young Sally); Dale Benson (Dmitri Weismann); John Cardone (Max Deems); John Concepcion (Roscoe); Teagan Earley (Young Phyllis);  Felicia P. Fields (Hattie Walker); James Harms (Theodore Whitman); Beck Hokanson (Kevin); Cecilia Iole (Young Heidi); Will Koski (Young Buddy); John Marshall Jr. (Young Ben); Susie McMonagle (Carlotta Campion); Lauren Miller (Heidi Schiller); Mary Robin Roth (Emily Whitman); Genevieve Thiers (Christine Donovan); Sybyl Walker (Solange LaFitte) and Honey West (Stella Deems).